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“In professional, full-time football sports science is a must, I don’t deny that,” said Frecklington.

“But in part-time football I don’t go into it too seriously.

“If you are going to do it, you have to monitor everything about a player and when you only see them two nights a week and then on Saturday you can’t monitor them all the time.

“I don’t think it really has a place in part-time football. When I arrived at this club Terry and I thought the players were not fit enough and we started trying to improve that.

“Next season, if they aren’t fit enough they won’t play.

“We will be doing short, sharp running and it will be football specific. We will not be doing long distance running or anything like that but the lads need to prepare themselves for a challenge, because it will be tough.

“But then every pre-season is tough, it’s part of football.”

Frecklington revealed there will be 18 signed-on players involved next Tuesday when the squad returns to work. There will also be two or three more outfield trialists and two or three goalkeepers taking part in the hope of earning a deal with the Blues.

“We are really happy with the business we have done in the closed season, but we are still looking to sign a goalkeeper,” he said.